Attachment for pencils



June 24, 1930. J. c. TAYLOR ATTACHMENT FOR PENCILS Filed March 50, 1928 I !NVENTOR. d. 61 T/WMR BY 1, ATTORNEY qg Patented June 24, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE JOHN C. TAYLOR, F ANACONDA, MONTANA ATTACHMENTFOR. PENCILS Application filed March 30, 1928. Serial No. 265,945.

This invention relates to cutter attach- The mounting of this attachment on a ments for mechanical pencils. pencil provides a very handy article partic- A primary object of the invention is to ularly useful for expressmen in stripping off i provide a cutter which may either constitute waybills and in making corrections and apart of the main chamber, or be used merely changes in the addresses, necessary to com- 55 as an attachment for the pencil. plete the bill.

Another object of the invention is to so Without further description it is thought construct a device of this character that it that the features and. advantages of the inmay be used for scraping, cutting, for clipvention will be readily apparent to those ping bills of ladings from boxes, packages, skilled in the art, and it will of course, be 60' and the like, and for many other purposes. understood. that changes in the form, propor- Another object of the invention is to protion and minor details of construction may be vide a device of this character, the blade of resorted to, without departing from the spirit which is formed as a unitary structure with of the invention or its scope as claimed.

the mounting. I claim 65 In carrying out these objects, the invention 1. An attachment for lead pencils comprisis susceptible of a wide range of modification ing a hollow metal body having one end exwithout departing from the spirit or sacrifictended longitudinally, flattened to bring the ing any of the advantages of the claimed inopposed walls thereof into contact, said flatvention; there being shown in the drawings tened portion being sharpened, to provide a 70 for illustrative purposes a preferred and scraping or cutting blade. practical form, in which; 2. An attachment for lead pencils, com- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of prising a hollow metal tubular body with one a mechanical pencil equipped with this imend flattened with the edges of said flattened proved attachment, and 7 portion contacting along a diametral line of 7 Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a pencil with said hollow metal tubular body, and being the attachment shown in-longitudinal secsharpened to provide a cutting blade, said tion. blade being bent transversely at its inner In the embodiment illustrated, a mechanend at an angle to the body and being taical pencil 1, is shown having a hollow depered outwardly from said inner end to facilso tachable metallic end portion 2 which in itate its use as a scraper. these figures is shown threaded onto the tu- JOHN C. TAYLOR. bular nib 3. This portion 2 has its outer end flattened to provide a cutting or scraping blade 4, said blade being here shown arranged 35 at an obtuse angle to the body portion 2, although obviously it may be in alinement therewith if found desirable to do so. The terminal of this blade 4 is shown tapered to V 40 provide an entrance point 5. This blade 4 as I 9 shown is substantially triangular in form, although obviously, it may be of any desired shape, and the edges thereof may be sharpened or not, as desired. By arranging the blade at at an angle, it may be more conven- 95 iently used as a scra er.

It will be obvious t at this attachment may be composed of any suitable metal, aluminum being preferably used, since it is lighter and does not corrode. 10c 

